Crews battle fire and ice in Seattle marina blaze

Seattle firefighters and police with the harbor patrol were at work early Tuesday morning trying to put out a boat fire in a marina on Westlake Avenue North.

The Seattle Fire Department got the call about 3:20 a.m. about a fire in a motor yacht in the 1700 block of Westlake Avenue North.

The fire spread to and damaged two other boats and a dock, causing $2 million in losses.

With the help of the harbor patrol, crews battled the fire and tried to keep it from moving to other boats packed into the marina. Some boats had to be cut loose from their moorings to keep them from catching on fire.

The freezing weather also made the job tough. Water on the dock froze. Two firefighters and a police officer fell into Lake Union, though all quickly got out of the lake and didn’t suffer serious injuries.

It took about 30 minutes to get the fire under control.

Update: An accidental electrical failure caused the fire. Damage to the three boats and a dock was estimated at $2 million.